The vast, lawless western United States of 1876 serves as the setting for Michael Crichton’s book Dragon Teeth. Men of the fledgling field of Paleontology search for fossilized remains of enormous, ancient creatures. They are…

Marvelous, magical, mystifying monsters such as Mephistopheles, Charon, the canine rougarou and Krampus are what people will find within the 320-page hardbound book “Bestiary 6” for the Pathfinder role-playing game (RPG) by Paizo Publishing.

Tabletop role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons, Warhammer and Call of Cthulu are as much forms of interactive and collaborative storytelling as they are amusing diversions. Players create a character and send them into…

In his podcast, rapper-actor Ice-T talks about recording an audiobook for Audible. The recording was hard — because the story was what he describes as “a [expletive] Dungeons & Dragons book.” “When you read…